Cardinals @ Cubs
July 28, 2001

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 16 1
Cubs 4 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 16 1
Cubs 4 5 1

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .301
OBP .750 .425
At Bats 2 355
Hits 1 107
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 35
Walks 2 80
RBI’s 1 99

Steve Kline Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 4
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Wrigley Field - July 28, 2001
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Strikeout
Steve Kline
Mike Matheny
Mark McGwire
Fernando Vina
Placido Polanco
Edgar Renteria
Kerry Robinson
Jim Edmonds
Albert Pujols
Sammy Sosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 7 16 1 13
Chicago Cubs 4 5 1 8
Winning Pitcher Dave Veres
Losing Pitcher Mike Fyhrie
Save Steve Kline
Game Winning RBI Placido Polanco
Attendance 40,266
Time of Game 3 hours 38 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sosa strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Steve Kline now pitching. Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Polanco hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Vina hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Top 9 There goes Robinson. The throw from Machado and he is safe. Robinson steals second.
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Felix Heredia now pitching. Matheny hits a line drive towards third. Coomer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Machado hits a fly ball into right field. Pujols settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cairo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Kerry Robinson now playing left field. Luther Hackman now pitching. Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Polanco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Renteria strikes out.
Top 8 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to home to get Pujols. McGwire moves to third. Edmonds moves to second.
Top 8 Edmonds bunts towards third. Coomer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pujols moves to third. McGwire moves to second.
Top 8 McGwire is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Pujols hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Pujols reaches second base with a double. Vina scores. Polanco scores.
Top 8 Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Vina moves to third. Polanco moves to second.
Top 8 Kerry Robinson pinch runs for Bobby Bonilla. Jeff Fassero now pitching. Gary Matthews now playing center field. Vina hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Top 8 Bobby Bonilla pinch hits for Dave Veres. Bonilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Matheny hits a fly ball into left field. DeShields settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tucker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Veres picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Veres. Gutierrez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Veres now pitching. Sosa hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 DeShields hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mike Fyhrie now pitching. Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Edmonds moves to second.
Top 7 Edmonds takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Miguel Cairo now playing second base. Robert Machado now catching. Todd Van Poppel now pitching. Pujols hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Robert Machado pinch hits for Kerry Wood. Machado hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Paquette. Machado reaches second base with a double. Gutierrez scores. Cairo moves to third.
Bottom 6 Miguel Cairo pinch hits for Todd Hundley. Cairo is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Coomer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Vina settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Matthews now pitching. Tucker bunts in front of the plate. Matheny fields it and throws to first for the out. Gutierrez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Vina hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Benes moves to third.
Top 6 Benes hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tucker. Benes reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Matheny hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stairs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Renteria is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Paquette hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Stairs strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeShields for the out.
Bottom 5 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Edmonds is called out on strikes.
Top 5 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Pujols hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Vina is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Wood strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Coomer hits a fly ball into left field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stairs tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Tucker takes first base on ball four. Sosa scores. Stairs moves to third. Gutierrez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Stairs moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sosa moves to third.
Bottom 4 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Benes strikes out.
Top 4 Matheny hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Renteria hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edmonds moves to second.
Top 4 Paquette strikes out.
Top 4 Edmonds hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 DeShields is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Young bunts towards the mound. Benes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wood for the out.
Top 3 Wood fires to first and has Pujols trapped. There's the throw to Gutierrez who tags Pujols for the out.
Top 3 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pujols hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hundley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Coomer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tucker moves to third.
Bottom 2 Tucker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stairs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Vina settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Vina hits a fly ball towards right. Sosa settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Sosa.
Top 2 Benes strikes out.
Top 2 Matheny hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sosa is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 DeShields hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Vina reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Renteria is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Paquette takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Edmonds. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Edmonds steals second.
Top 1 Edmonds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Vina scores. Polanco moves to third.
Top 1 McGwire is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Pujols strikes out.
Top 1 Polanco is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Vina hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tucker. Vina reaches second base with a double.